Celebrating Cinco de Mayo with bananas:

Interesting sub-genre of fiction:

America’s Next Top Model in the toy section. Is that really appropriate?

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Rachelle & Dallas, Messners, Wrigleyville, Chicago
On Thursday I avoided watching basketball because it was “Lost night.” On Friday I avoided it by playing Rock Band with Paul and Kate. By Saturday there was no avoiding it. A whole lot of our friends were all at Messners watching all of the games. It was a nice [...]

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I placed an order for Zappos* at 6:10pm and had the shoes on my feet by 1:00pm the next day. Less than 19 hours from the time I pressed “purchase” to the time they were delivered! And I didn’t pay for shipping, that’s the best part. And if I decide I don’t like them [...]

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.. one purchase at a time. I bought 3 things at CVS and this is how big my receipt was. Really necessary!?

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Damen Food & Liquor, Lakeview, Chicago
Damen Food & Liquor is our closest local neighborhood corner store… bodega.. if that’s what they called them in Chicago, which they don’t. The guys there are always nice but always kidding you. Once they asked for my ID to buy beer and when I was getting it out saying [...]

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